AIX 1.2 and Maxtor SCSI hard disk - HELP PLEASE!

[Richard Mayson]

AIX 1.2, as is, will not support your 660 drive.  If you have somewhere
to mount the installation diskette, you can edit the control file that
tells AIX about the disk drive.  The file that you are after is
/etc/fsmap.  It is present on an installed system but you will have to
edit the one on the installation diskette.  You will find stanzas for
each filesystem in the form of:

	"I386_PRI120"	root - for a 120mb drive
	"I386_LCL120"	/local
	"I386_U120"	/u
	"I386_DMP120"	dump
	"I386_PAGE120"	page
	"I386_TMP120"	/local/tmp

add:	"I386_PRI655"
	"I386_PRI660"
	"I386_PRI665"
	etc...........

I would suggest adding 3 lines each.  For example, if the reference 
diskette shows a 658mb drive, add a line for a 655, 660, and 665, 
there is a small % for error.  DO NOT copy the existing file from the
hard drive to the diskette.  Basically, just add into the fsmap file
that is on the installation diskette and FOLLOW IT'S FORMAT!  

Richard Mayson
rlm at jdyx.atlanta.ga.us

 
hh2 at prism.gatech.EDU (HAAS) writes:


>Has anyone EVER installed a SCSI adapter and a non-IBM hard disk to
>a PS/2 running AIX 1.2 ?!?!

>I can't get a straight answer out of IBM about this. Some folks say yes,
>others no, and NO-ONE will say enough to give me any idea what I 
>should do.

>SITUATION:

>I have an IBM PS/2 Model 80, AIX 1.2 and a Maxtor XT-8760s (660 MB SCSI
>hard disk). I have ordered the IBM 6451109 non-cache SCSI controller.
>Can anyone say - for sure - that AIX 1.2 and the 6451109 will be able
>to talk to, and fully format, tha Maxtor drive? Has anyone DONE this
>or something similar?

>What I know so far:

>AIX 1.1 does not support SCSI. AIX 1.2 does. (I have CSDs to 1006)
>AIX ONLY supports the IBM SCSI adapters. (other adapters will work under
>DOS, OS/2, Novell, Xenix, etc., but **NOT** AIX: grrrr ) AIX 1.2 and the
>6451109 wants to see a ANSI compatible (standard X3.131, level 2 ??) SCSI 
>disk. And although an IBM technical support person said that "all you need
>is an ANSI compatible SCSI disk", ANOTHER IBM person has said that AIX
>only supports the IBM 120 and 320 MB Hard disks.

>What I need:

>I need to know what I must do in order to install the hard disk. I
>figure when the adapter gets here, I'll copy the ADF, install the
>controller, run the reference disk to configure the adapter. THEN,
>I'll try to boot AIX from floppy, and install AIX to the SCSI hard disk.
>(The SCSI disk is the only hard disk in the system.) I'm having a dificult
>time believing that this will work. Any help, please?

>Harry Haas
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